The happy couple, who married over the weekend of Sept. 5, got engaged in April 2013, after Merriman popped the question to his future bride in New Zealand.

"There is this awesome thing called Sky City, with a Stratosphere tower, and they light off about $300,000 worth of fireworks at midnight," he told the mag at the time. "As soon as I gave her a kiss and proposed, the fireworks started going off. It was kind of like a movie."

So sweet! We love how perfectly romantic the big moment was -- even if it didn't start out like that.

"It was a very hectic night. We started out at this terrible bar. It was supposed to be tiki torches and beautiful, but it was not at all," Merriman explained. "There was a terrible DJ. [It] ruined the whole night. I was like, 'There's no way I'm doing it in here. I will regret it for the rest of my life.'"

We have a feeling that Merriman (or his bride-to-be!) wouldn't have regretted it -- no matter what!